HSBC 2004 Annual Report Download - page 362

HSBC HOLDINGS PLC
Shareholder Information
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Fourth Interim Dividend for 2004
The Directors have declared a fourth interim dividend of US$0.27 per ordinary share (in lieu of a final dividend)
which, together with the first, second and third interim dividends, each of US$0.13, already paid, will make a total
distribution for the year of US$0.66 per share, an increase of 10 per cent on 2003. Information on the scrip dividend
scheme and currencies in which shareholders may elect to have the cash dividend paid will be sent to shareholders on
or about 31 March 2005. The timetable for the dividend is:
2005
Shares quoted ex-dividend in London, Hong Kong and Bermuda; ADSs quoted ex-dividend in New York .................... 16 March
Record date and closure of Hong Kong Overseas Branch Register of shareholders for one day ........................................ 18 March
Shares quoted ex-dividend in Paris .................................................................................................................................... 21 March
Mailing of Annual Report and Accounts 2004 and/or Annual Review 2004, Notice of Annual General Meeting and
dividend documentation ................................................................................................................................................ 31 March
Final date for receipt by registrars of forms of election and revocations of standing instructions for scrip dividends ....... 21 April
Exchange rate determined for payment of dividends in sterling and Hong Kong dollars .................................................. 25 April
Payment date: dividend warrants, new share certificates or transaction advices and notional tax vouchers mailed and
shares credited to stock accounts in CREST ................................................................................................................. 4 May
Annual General Meeting
The 2005 Annual General Meeting will be held at the Barbican Hall, Barbican Centre, London EC2 on 27 May 2005
at 11am.
The results of the polls on the resolutions considered at the 2004 Annual General Meeting were:
Total votes
Resolution For1Against Abstain
1. To receive the Report and Accounts for 2003 .................................................... 4,534,048,124 30,738,011 100,222,400
2. To re-elect the following as Directors:
(i) The Lord Butler ......................................................................................... 4,584,223,431 39,229,528 41,811,813
(ii) The Baroness Dunn ................................................................................... 4,492,829,647 69,944,841 102,488,373
(iii) R A Fairhead ............................................................................................ 4,580,638,229 42,918,568 41,666,160
(iv) W K L Fung ............................................................................................... 4,563,806,817 36,436,808 65,024,000
(v) M F Geoghegan ......................................................................................... 4,521,685,013 41,362,809 102,176,346
(vi) S Hintze ..................................................................................................... 4,586,866,409 36,801,910 41,585,070
(vii) Sir John Kemp-Welch ................................................................................ 4,568,924,728 37,774,400 58,556,934
(viii)Sir Mark Moody-Stuart .............................................................................. 4,585,915,338 37,302,195 42,021,810
(ix) H Sohmen .................................................................................................. 4,550,012,643 56,244,926 58,774,190
3. To reappoint the Auditor .................................................................................... 4,535,270,802 49,114,012 79,985,778
4. To approve the Directors' Remuneration Report for 2003 .................................. 4,300,843,761 231,541,059 149,917,043
5. To authorise the Company to purchase its own Ordinary Shares ....................... 4,598,522,244 7,185,058 38,983,604
6. To authorise the Directors to allot shares ........................................................... 4,589,969,856 29,699,300 41,332,269
7. To disapply pre-emption rights .......................................................................... 4,522,023,920 116,714,723 23,172,113
8. To increase the fees payable to each Director to £55,000 per annum ................. 4,582,085,323 38,135,193 41,346,918
1 Includes discretionary votes
Interim Results
The interim results for the six months to 30 June 2005 will be announced on Monday 1 August 2005.